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Taxon: Species Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, 1768 - Nile crocodile (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Crocodylia - (Family) Crocodylidae

Included, by definition, in node-based clade

Archosauria (Clade) Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval. Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Archosauria (Clade) Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985], nom. cl. inval. Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005: tables.php [8 Mar 2016].
Archosauriformes (Clade) Gauthier 1994, nom. cl. inval. Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 190.
Brevirostres (Clade) von Zittel 1890 [Brochu 2003] Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Crocodylia (Clade) Gmelin 1789 [Clark 1988] Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).
Crocodylia (Clade) Gmelin 1789 [Clark 1988] Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Crocodylia (Clade) xxxGmelin 1789 [Martin & Benton 2008], nom. illeg. Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: fig. 2.
Crocodylidae (Clade) Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Crocodylidae (Clade) Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003 (alt.)} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361) (Alternate definition).
Crocodyliformes (Clade) Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).
Crurotarsi (Clade) Sereno & Arcucci 1990 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 192.
Eusuchia (Clade) Huxley 1875 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Eusuchia (Suborder) Huxley, 1875 Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: fig. 2.
Metasuchia (Clade) Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).
Paracrocodylomorpha (Clade) Parrish 1993 Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 197 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Suchia (Clade) Krebs 1974 [Sereno 1991] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 195.

Included, by definition, in branch-based clade

Crocodylinae (Clade) Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361).
Crocodylinae (Clade) Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003 (alt.)} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361) (Alternate definition).
Crocodyloidea (Clade) Fitzinger 1826 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Crocodylomorpha (Clade) Walker 1968 [Clark 1988] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 204 (Sereno, 2005).
Crocodylomorpha (Clade) Walker 1968 [Clark 1988] Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005
Loricata (Clade) Merrem 1820 [Nesbitt 2011] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 200.
Mesoeucrocodylia (Clade) Whetstone & Whybrow 1983 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).
Mesoeucrocodylia (Suborder) Whetstone & Whybrow, 1983 Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: fig. 2 (Sereno et al., 2001).
Neosuchia (Clade) Benton & Clark 1988 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).
Pseudosuchia (Clade) Zittel 1887-1890 [Gauthier & Padian 1985] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 194 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Reptilia (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Gauthier 1984], nom. cl. inval. Ref: S.P. Modesto & J.S. Anderson, 2004: 819.

Excluded, by definition, from branch-based clade

†Aetosauria (Clade) Marsh 1884 [Heckert & Lucas 2000] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 196.
Alligatoroidea (Clade) Gray 1844 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
Avemetatarsalia (Clade) Benton 1999 Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005: tables.php [8 Mar 2016].
Dinosauromorpha (Clade) Benton 1985 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval. Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 207 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Dinosauromorpha (Clade) Benton 1985 [Sereno 1991], nom. cl. inval. Ref: P.C. Sereno, 2005: tables.php [8 Mar 2016].
Gavialoidea (Clade) Case 1930 [Brochu 2003] Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
†Notosuchia (Clade) Gasparini 1971 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).
†Ornithosuchidae (Clade) Huene 1907-1908 [Sereno 1991] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 194.
Osteolaeminae (Clade) Brochu 2003 [Brochu 2003] Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361).
†Phytosauria (Clade) Meyer 1861 [Doyle & Sues 1995] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 193 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
†Planocraniidae (Clade) Li 1976 [Brochu 2012] Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: 524.
†Poposauroidea (Clade) Nopcsa 1923 [Weinbaum & Hungerbühler 2007] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 197.
†Pristichampsinae (Clade) Kuhn 1968 [Brochu 2003], nom. dub. Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 360).
†Proterochampsia (Clade) Bonaparte 1971 [Kischlat 2002] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 191.
†Protosuchia (Clade) Mook 1934 [Sereno, Larsson, Sidor & Gado 2001] Ref: P.C. Sereno et al., 2001: 1519 (note 27).
†Protosuchia (Suborder) Mook, 1934 Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: fig. 2 (Sereno et al., 2001).
†Rauisuchidae (Clade) Huene 1936 [Sereno 2005] Ref: S.J. Nesbitt, 2011: 203 (sensu Sereno, 2005).
Tomistominae (Clade) Kälin 1955 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: table 1 (p. 361).

Current position

Crocodylus (Genus) Laurenti, 1768 Ref: P. Uetz et al., 2016: 16 Aug 2016; Brochu, 2012: fig. 13.

Historical positions

Crocodylus (Genus) Laurenti, 1768 Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2012: fig. 13.
Crocodylus (Genus) Laurenti, 1768 Ref: P.C. Sereno & H.C.E. Larsson, 2009: fig. 3.
Crocodyloidea (Clade) Fitzinger 1826 {Brochu 2003} Ref: J.E. Martin & M.J. Benton, 2008: fig. 2. [rough position]
Crocodylinae (Clade) Cuvier 1807 {Brochu 2003} Ref: C.A. Brochu, 2003: figs. 1, 7.
Crocodylus (Genus) Laurenti, 1768 Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 966.
Crocodylus (Genus) Laurenti, 1768 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Crocodylus (Genus) Laurenti, 1768 Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 594.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6ss
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